Tag: government business ownership

Capitalism or Socialism? What Matters Most Is Who Holds Power

Jan 12, 2026

Last week’s column covered four different systems often lumped together as “socialism”: State Socialism, State Capitalism, Democratic Socialism, and Social Democracy. While our perceptions of them are shaped by how we think about freedom and fairness, the...

Is That Socialism? The US Government’s Share Of Intel

Sep 1, 2025

“But isn’t that socialism?” This question was one reader’s response to last week’s column about the US government demanding 15% of Nvidia’s and AMD’s Chinese sales as the price of granting an export license. Since then, the Trump administration has forced a deal...